Official 2024 Hip Hop Grammys Thread

[Ziggiy]

It's that time of year brehs & brehettes.

What can be said regarding Hip Hop and black music as a whole's relationship with the Grammys that hasn't been said or written before? The fraught, often antagonistic rapport between the Hip Hop community and the National Recording of Arts & Sciences has resulted in everything from boycotts, protests, think pieces and even disses from the genre's biggest stars ("I told Jimmy Jam I use a Grammy as a doorstop", Drake infamously said last year on the chart topping J.Cole assisted 'First Person Shooter') but as the Grammys continue to monopolize their chokehold on the collective consciousnesses celebration of popular music, there continue to be questions regarding Hip Hop's placement within both the ceremony and amidst their peers. For the first time in 11 years, no rap artist has been included amongst the nominations for Album, Song, or Record of The Year; an astonishing snub for a genre that has continually been the most popular and consumed worldwide, and an insulting reversal of the "progress" that was made just 4 years ago when Childish Gambino's incendiary 'This Is America' became the first rap song to win for both Record and Song of The Year. This year, Hip Hop's representatives in the general field include controversial freshmen Ice Spice, who is up for Best New Artist and stalwarts Metro Boomin and Hit-Boy, who are both up for Producer of The Year- Non Classical. In the genre field, the Best Rap Album categories are stacked with heavyweights, including bonafide legend and 2020 winner Nas, back with the concluding chapter of his Hit-Boy produced Kings Disease series ; Drake & 21 Savage, two of the most popular artists of their generation, with their collaborative album Her Loss; underground titan and Southern rap paladin Killer Mike, with the affective and personality infused album Michael; streaming behemoth Travis Scott with the chart topping, record breaking Utopia, and super producer extraordinaire Metro Boomin, with Heroes Vs Villains. Are these artists, a grouping of elder and youthful, a representation of Hip Hop's core fundamentals and its current evolution, the biggest and brightest that rap has to offer? Are they deserving of their nominations or are they merely figureheads, curated and chosen by a committee woefully out of touch with what Hip Hop currently embodies? I'll leave that to the opinions of the posters in the comments, as for who will ultimately take home the trophy and the bragging rights, we will find out when the 66th Annual Grammy Awards airs live on February 4th, on CBS at 8pm EST.

Below are the relevant nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards. I have omitted any categories that do not include a rapper nominated. For the full list of nominations for all genres and the general field please see the link below.



GENERAL FIELD

Best New Artist​

Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical​

Jack Antonoff

• Being Funny In A Foreign Language (The 1975) (A)

• Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Lana Del Rey) (A)

• Midnights (Taylor Swift) (A)

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II

• JAGUAR II (Victoria Monét) (A)

Hit-Boy

• Bus Stop (Don Toliver Featuring Brent Faiyaz) (T)

• Just Face It (Dreamville With Blxst) (T)

• Kings Disease III (Nas) (A)

• Magic 3 (Nas) (A)

• Magic 2 (Nas) (A)

• Slipping Into Darkness (Hit-Boy & The Alchemist) (S)

• Surf Or Drown Vol. 1 (Hit-Boy) (A)

• Surf Or Drown Vol. 2 (Hit-Boy) (A)

• Victims & Villains (Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy) (A)

• Metro Boomin

• Am I Dreaming (Metro Boomin Featuring Roisee & A$AP Rocky) (S)

• Calling (Metro Boomin Featuring NAV, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie & Swae Lee) (S)

• Creepin' (Metro Boomin Featuring 21 Savage & The Weeknd) (S)

• More M's (Drake & 21 Savage) (S)

• Oh U Went (Young Thug Featuring Drake) (S)

• Superhero (Heroes & Villains) (Metro Boomin, Future & Chris Brown) (S)

• Til Further Notice (Travis Scott Featuring James Blake & 21 Savage) (S)

• Trance (Metro Boomin Featuring Travis Scott & Young Thug) (S)

• War Bout It (Lil Durk Featuring 21 Savage) (S)

• Daniel Nigro

• Casual (Chappell Roan) (S)

• Divide (Dermot Kennedy) (S)

• Guts (Olivia Rodrigo) (A)

• Hot To Go! (Chappell Roan) (S)

• Kaleidoscope (Chappell Roan) (S)

• Red Wine Supernova (Chappell Roan) (S)

• Welcome To My Island (Caroline Polachek) (S)



RAP

Best Rap Performance​

Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar - The Hillbillies
Black Thought - Love Letter
Coi Leray - Players
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers

Best Melodic Rap Performance​

Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage - Sittin’ on Top of the World
Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Spin Bout U
Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole - All My Life
SZA - Low

Best Rap Song​

Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers
Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]

Best Rap Album​

Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss
Killer Mike - Michael
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Nas - King’s Disease III
Travis Scott - Utopia

SPOKEN WORD

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album​

Aja Monet - When the Poems Do What They Do
J. Ivy - The Light Inside
Kevin Powell - Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Prentice Powell and Shawn William - For Your Consideration ’24
Queen Sheba - A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited

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[Ziggiy]

Travis Scott and Burna boy amongst the confirmed list of performers.

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[Juliano Soprano]

Killer Mike seems like the front runner for best rap album and I’m rooting for Hit-boy to get the producer Grammy, he definitely deserves it

 

[Ziggiy]

Read Range predicts that Travis Scott will win Best Rap Album but that Metro Boomin SHOULD win

Best Rap Album​

• Drake & 21 Savage – HER LOSS
• Killer Mike – MICHAEL
• Metro Boomin – HEROES & VILLAINS
• Nas – King’s Disease III
• Travis Scott – UTOPIA

Best Rap Album has been one of the Grammys’ most long-derided categories when it comes to out-of-touch nominations – from fans and artists alike. Still, when it comes to what was a bit of a down year when it came to creative and boundary-pushing hip-hop in the Grammys’ more mainstream sphere of influence, they honestly couldn’t have done much better than the five that they chose. From Travis Scott’s continued creativity on UTOPIA to Metro Boomin’s production wizardry, Killer Mike’s unmatched panache and a continuation of Nas’ already-victorious King’s Disease series, it’s a buffet of options. Scott and Metro Boomin are the heavy-hitters here, as Drake should likely be counted out for his ongoing Grammy disses – HER LOSS was submitted only by 21 Savage’s team. Scott might have a bit of an edge when it comes to commercial heft, but will his controversies draw voters away?

Will Win: UTOPIA
Should Win: HEROES & VILLAINS
Should Have Been Here: Little Simz – NO THANK YOU

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[Ziggiy]

The Oakland Post picks Killer Mike for Best Rap Album

Best Rap Album:

Drake & 21 Savage — “Her Loss”

Killer Mike — “Michael”

Metro Boomin — “Heroes & Villains”

Nas — “King’s Disease III”

Travis Scott — “Utopia”

This one is definitely a controversial pick — and even a pick that I’m doing a double take on myself — however, Killer Mike’s first Grammy nomination in this category in his career could result in him taking home the trophy for Best Rap Album.

“Michael” has been a dark horse of an album for the entire year, and with the Grammys giving one of its biggest songs, “Scientists and Engineers,” love this year, he’s bound to take home one prize next February — and I think the odds might be in his favor.

Nas will not win twice, the Grammys historically have hated Travis and modern Drake and Metro Boomin… just will not win.

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[Ziggiy]

The Needledrop picks Nas for Best Rap Album



Timestamped

 

[Ziggiy]

Total Music Awards unenthusiastically picks Drake & 21 Savage's Her Loss for Best Rap Album

BEST RAP ALBUM​

Nominees:
Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage
Michael, Killer Mike
Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin
King’s Disease III, Nas
Utopia, Travis Scott

What a sad year for rap music. Somebody has to come along soon and do something different to get hip-hop out of this monotonous trap beat obsession that it’s been stuck in for years now.

Even though female rappers have provided the most exciting rap music of the past few years, the Grammys nominated all men in this category. While Nas and Travis Scott will provide competition, this award is likely to go to Drake & 21 Savage.

Even though Drake has said he doesn’t care about Grammys, he’s the biggest name in the bunch. And that’s all that normally matters in this category.

Best Rap Album Prediction:
Should win: Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage
Will win: Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage

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[Yecht]

Did 3 stacks get nominated for that bullshyt ass flute album?

 

[Ziggiy]

National World taps Ice Spice to win for Best New Artist


American rapper Ice Spice will likely be the next Best New Artist winner. Ice Spice has built up an average monthly listener volume of 28.7 million, 7 million more than the runner-up nominee. Ice Spice first gained significant recognition in late 2022 with her relaxed rapping style and breakthrough track Munch (Feelin' U), which achieved viral popularity on TikTok.

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[Ziggiy]

AP states that Killer Mike will win Best Rap Performance

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“The Hillbillies,” Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar; “Love Letter,” Black Thought; “Rich Flex,” Drake & 21 Savage; “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane; “Players,” Coi Leray


LANDRUM: Kendrick Lamar and his cousin Baby Keem won this category last year. But I don’t see the family duo coming away victorious this time for their song “The Hillbillies.” I feel that way about Drake and 21 Savage’s “Rich Flex,” which is a certified banger.

But in the rap world, the biggest wave over the past year in this category was created by Killer Mike ’s “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS” featuring Future, Eryn Allen Kane and Andre 3000 of the legendary hip-hop duo OutKast. The standout song was so well crafted with Future’s hoarse vocals, Kane’s superb crooning and fine verses delivered by Mike and Andre 3000 - who has lately released more flute music than rap.

But when Andre 3000 — also known as 3 Stacks — blessed us with his lyrical expertise, we all listened closely. I believe voters heard him and everyone else loud and clear as well.

SHERMAN: “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS” is the clear standout, in my opinion, but I’d love to give a shoutout to Coi Leray’s “Players.” It’s the Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message” interpolation for me, and that song was totally ubiquitous for a period — but likely not for the Grammys.

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[maxamusa]

they really need to get a coli breh 2 sit in the nomination panel

 

[Tribal Outkast]

That best rap album is a toss up. I want Mike to win but I feel like Drake and 21 might get it even though the album wasn’t that good to me. Don’t really see Metro getting it, Travis? maybe but I don’t know if the Grammys want the Twitter backlash. People will be pissed if Nas gets it again It’ll be interesting to see who wins

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Did 3 stacks get nominated for that bullshyt ass flute album?

It came out after the cutoff date

 

[Surreal]

That best rap album is a toss up. I want Mike to win but I feel like Drake and 21 might get it even though the album wasn’t that good to me. Don’t really see Metro getting it, Travis? maybe but I don’t know if the Grammys want the Twitter backlash. People will be pissed if Nas gets it again It’ll be interesting to see who wins

Why would people be mad if Nas wins?

He only has 1 Grammy in 30+ years

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Why would people be mad if Nas wins?

He only has 1 Grammy in 30+ years

Cause people be hating